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-<!--
-=== UCSF ChimeraX Copyright ===
-Copyright 2016 Regents of the University of California.
-All rights reserved.  This software provided pursuant to a
-license agreement containing restrictions on its disclosure,
-duplication and use.  For details see:
-http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/licensing.html
-This notice must be embedded in or attached to all copies,
-including partial copies, of the software or any revisions
-or derivations thereof.
-=== UCSF ChimeraX Copyright ===
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-
-<head>
-<title>UCSF ChimeraX Prerelease</title>
-</head>
-<body>
-
-<h1>UCSF ChimeraX Prerelease</h1>
-
-<p>
-This package is a <b>prelease version</b> of UCSF ChimeraX,
-the next-generation visualization program from the
-<a href="http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/">Resource for Biocomputing,
-Visualization and Informatics</a>.
-ChimeraX currently has a limited set of features compared to the
-production <a href="http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/">UCSF Chimera</a>
-and its command syntax is subject to change.
-Sessions saved with this version of ChimeraX are only guaranteed
-to be restorable using this same version and may not be compatible
-with future versions.
-</p>
-
-</body>
-</html>
